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ADUJSTABLE BED. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 12. 1919.

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ADJUSTABLE BED.

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MAX NOVICK, OF NEW YQRK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application led March 12, 1919. Serial No. 282,089.

To all 'waom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX NovIcK, a c1t1zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronxand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to furniture and has particular reference to beds,` couches, cots or the like.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a bedstead or frame adjustable both longitudinally and laterally and provided with a combined spring and mattress having similar adjustability.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bedstead and spring mattress both adjustable longitudinally and laterally and with means carried by certain of the parts and coperating with the remaining parts to make secure the adjustment in any position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transrerse section upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view corresponding to the left end of Fig. 2 with the bedstead collapsed laterally and equipped with a side rail for use as a crib; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more specically to the drawings I show a bedstead comprising a head 10, a foot piece 11, and a spring 12. The head and foot pieces 10 and 12 are or may besubstantially alike each comprising corner posts 13 made preferably of tubular metal and of rectangular form in cross section. For convenience of description I will hereinafter employ the termbedstead with the understanding that such term will be applicable to any other analogous resting place. Between each pair ofcorner posts 13 extend telescopic rails 14 and 15, the upper rail comprising inner and outer members'14a and 14b connected to the corner posts respectively, while the lower rail comprises inner and outer sections 15a and 15b similarly connected to the same posts. These telescopic members of the upper and lower rails have a fairly close sliding it whereby positive rigidity of the bedstead will be secured even though no special locking or fastening means be provided to limit or prevent the telescopic action. If desired, however, pins, bolts or other locking means might be employed to make such adjustment positive. It will be understood that the rails 14 and 15 are applied to both the head and foot pieces of the bed and constitute the only transverse connections between pairs of corner posts pertaining to said head and foot pieces. The rail sections 14b and 15b are provided with any suitable upright bars 16 such as are commonly used in this art, which when the bedstead is collapsed laterally would constitute effective closures for the head and foot pieces.

The spring 12 comprises two longitudinal side rails 17 each of which consist of two telescopic members 17a and 17". These side rail sections 17a and 17 b are made of tubular metal, and each of them is provided with a horizontal inwardly projecting flange distinguished from each other respectively by the numerals 18a and 181. The outer rail section 17 b has an open inner side through and beyond which the flange 18a of the inner section 17a projects, the two flanges being arranged in horizontal planes one above the other.

The head ends of the side rail sections 17h are connected by a telescopic transverse rail comprising inner and outer sections 19 and 19h, the connections at the ends of the side rails being rigid and the telescopic end por-'1 tions of these members being connected by a binding device in the form of a bolt 20 operating through one of the members and a slot 21 formed in the other. The foot ends of the sections 17h are provided with a similar telescopic bar composed of inner and outer sections 22a and 22b also having a locking screw or bolt 20 operating along a slot 21. Secured to the angelSb of each rail section 17b and extending between thetransverse rail sections 19 and 22*l secured to the same rail section is a section 23 of a spring mattress of any suitable construction and similarly supported upon the flange 18b of the opposite rail and extending lengthwise between the rail sections 19.b and 22h is another mattress section 24. These mattress sections and they rails to which they are secured constitute the length of the bedstead when adjusted to its shortest length, and

when collapsed laterally thesection 24 will reach substantially to the opposite rail 17". Under normal conditions there is suilicient overlap between these spring members to providevfor a double thickness thereof along the longitudinal center of the bed, an element of considerable importance inview of the fact that there is thereby provided extra strength or rigidit at that portion of the bed that is most su jected ordinarily to sagging or depression.

I the several parts provided for as described herein. Spring members 27 and 28 are car` ried by the two relatively adjustable parts or frames of thefoot portion of the mattress, these members being connected through the flanges 18a of the side rails and extend respectively between the pairs of vbarls 25a and 26a and 25D and 26b longitudinal Ayny 'suitablevmeans may be provided to detachably support the combined mattress and spring upon the corner posts. For this purpose I show socket pieces 29'secured one upon each side of a corner post directed toward the corner post on the same side of the bed. The head and foot ends of the side bars 17 are likewise provided with lug or tongue members 30 adapted to lit downward into the socket pieces 29. l

When the bedstead is adjusted for use as a crib I may employ a drop side panel 31 having horizontal ears 32 connected to the upper corners which coperate with vertical rods 33. Each offthese rods has a bent shoulder portion 34 terminating in a head 35 projecting inward and downward through a keyhole slot 36 formed 'in the upper portion of each corner post vdirectly above the socket piece 29. The lower end of each rod 33 is adapted to project into any suitably arranged socket or hole such as shown at 37 formed in the lug member 30. The ear 32 has a vertical hole providing for the vertical sliding of the panel 31 along the rods 33, and mounted loosely upon the lower end of the rod 33 is a finger 38 which rests normall upon the side rail and projects outwar in position to support the panel 31 in elevated` position, but which may be swung around through 90 degrees when the side panel lis to be dropped to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3, at which time the ear 32 will rest upon the finger. When the side panels are not to be used the rods 33 as well as the side panels may be removed by simply lifting the rods out of the keyhole slots 36.

I claim:

In a bedstead of the character set forth,

the combination with a pair of corner posts on the same side of the bed each having near its upper end a keyhole slot, of a spring frame supported upon said posts, the head and foot ends of the spring frame having vertical holes, vertical rods havin bent shoulders and heads projected mward through said keyhole slots and having their lower ends fitted in said holes, and a drop side panel having slidable engagement with said vertical rods. l

. MAX N OVICK. 

